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Bligh Ivo
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East Melbourne, 121 Powlett Street
Newspaper clippings and auction brochure about sale of Hazelwell, 121 Powlett Street. The house was once the home of Ivo Bligh and his wife Florence (nee Morphy). Bligh was the captain of the English cricket team to whom The Ashes were originally presented. Michael and Elizabeth...
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The Ashes
Publicity material for Rupertswood, the country home of the Clarke's of Cliveden, East Melbourne. Includes leaflet giving origin of The Ashes and the story of Ivo Bligh and Florence Morphy, briefly residents of East Melbourne. Photos of Rupertswood.
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The Ashes - local connection
Newspaper clippings about Ivo Bligh's and Florence Morphy's role in creation of The Ashes. They lived at 121 Powlett Street Photos. December 2002 to January 2003.